Elizabethton Board approves first readings of sick- and personal-leave policies, sets 2025–26 tuition rates and OKs $27,300 software purchase

At its April meeting, the Elizabethton Board of Education approved first readings of board policies 5.302 (sick leave) and 5.303 (personal and professional leave), agreed to revised tuition rates for out-of-county students for the 2025–26 school year, and authorized the purchase of a Pravata software license and startup services for Elizabethton High School for $27,300 using xQ grant funds.

The board approved the first reading of board policy 5.302, which the administration said clarifies which family members qualify an employee to use sick leave. "We felt the need to update the sick leave policy and specifically outline who family members of employees who would qualify them to use sick leave," said Mr. Van Huss, the district director, while presenting the policy language. The same list of qualifying family members was…